Publisher : Jaico Publishing House; Collector edition (1 September 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 140 pages
ISBN-10 : 9788179927939
ISBN-13 : 978-8179927939
Item Weight : 130 g
Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.27 x 20.96 cm
Country of Origin : India
Condition : New
Collectors Edition with Audiobook read by the Author, Stephen Hawking is widely believed to be one of the worlds greatest minds, a brilliant theoretical physicist whose work helped to reconfigure models of the universe and to redefine whats in it. Imagine sitting in a room listening to Hawking discuss these achievements and place them in historical context. It would be like hearing Christopher Columbus on the New World. Hawking presents a series of seven lectures, covering everything from big bang to black holes to string theory, that capture not only the brilliance of Hawkings mind but his characteristic wit as well. Of his research on black holes, which absorbed him for more than a decade, he says, "It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar". Hawking begins with a history of ideas about the universe, from Aristotles determination that the Earth is round to Hubbles discovery, over 2000 years later, that the universe is expanding. Using that as a launching pad, he explores the reaches of modern physics, including theories on the origin of the universe (example, the big bang), the nature of black holes and space-time.
About the Author
STEPHEN W. HAWKING holds Newton?s chair as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Brief History of Time and The Universe in A Nutshell.